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Washington, D.C. —U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (PA-03) offered an amendment to  H.R. 3409 that would require the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to submit a report to Congress estimating the economic impact of the Obama Administration’s latest Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standard and how it would affect highway safety.

Specifically, Rep. Kelly’s amendment, which passed the House today by a vote of 242 to 168, would require DOT to calculate:

(1) the total number of jobs that will be lost due to decreased demand;

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (PA-03) issued the following statement in response to the report released today by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General on Operation Fast and Furious, which criticized senior DOJ officials, among others, for  disregarding the public’s safety and failing to recognize serious internal warnings regarding the fatally flawed gun-running program:

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (PA-03) and U.S. Senator Pat Toomey hosted a briefing today to discuss ongoing efforts to combat Asian carp in the Ohio River Watershed. Pennsylvania and other states are facing unprecedented threats and impacts from burgeoning populations of Asian carp in the mainstem and tributaries of the Ohio River, which would dramatically impact local and regional economies and ecologies.

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (PA-03) issued the following statement on his vote today in support of H.R. 6365, the National Security and Jobs Protection Act, which requires the President to submit a plan to avoid sequestration and makes clear that if the President opposes the House Republican plan, the House will work with him to achieve the goal of stopping sequestration from taking effect in January 2013:

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“When the U.S. stops being the strongest player in the world our allies stop looking to us because we really can’t protect them.”

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (PA-03) issued the following statement on the attacks on the U.S. Consulate in Libya and the U.S. Embassy in Egypt:

Representative Mike Kelly Issues Statement on 9/11 Anniversary

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (PA-03) issued the following statement on the anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks:

Representative Mike Kelly Issues Statement on August Jobs Report

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (PA-03) issued the following statement on the August jobs report released this morning: